iBall has introduced two new affordable smartphones in India, the Andi 5-E7 and Andi 5-M8.

Both the iBall Andi 5-E7 and Andi 5-M8 smartphones have been listed at company's site with Rs. 8,199 and Rs. 8,999 pricing respectively. The iBall Andi 5-M8 has been listed with a 'coming soon' tag, while the iBall Andi 5-E7 is available at ecommerce website at a discounted price of Rs. 6,999. Interestingly both the iBall Andi 5-E7 and Andi 5-M8 come with almost identical specifications.

The iBall Andi 5-E7 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean. It is a dual-SIM smartphone with support for GSM+GSM. The Andi 5-E7 features a 5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) display. It is powered by a 1.3GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor (unspecified chipset) along with 512MB of RAM. It sports a 5-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash and also houses a VGA front-facing camera.

There is 4GB of inbuilt storage on the iBall Andi 5-E7, which can be further expanded up to 32GB via microSD card. The Andi 5-E7 comes with an 1850mAh battery. Connectivity options on the phablet include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, EDGE, GPS and Micro-USB. Notably, the Andi 5-E7 does not support 3G connectivity.

On the other hand, the iBall Andi 5-M8 runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. It is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device with dual standby support, and unlike the Andi 5-E7, offers 3G connectivity. It also has a larger 8-megapixel rear camera than the Andi 5-E7, with LED flash, apart from its VGA front-facing camera. It features a 5-inch display with a resolution of 480x854 pixels. The smartphone is powered by 1.3GHz dual-core Cortex A7 processor (unspecified chipset) alongside 512MB of RAM.

The iBall Andi 5-M8 comes with 4GB inbuilt storage which can be expanded up to 32GB with microSD card. There is an 1850 mAh battery on the Andi 5-M8. It also includes Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, EDGE and GPRS connectivity options.